Getting Plastic Buckets Apart

I could be a wise guy and say, "best way you can" but I've been there and it's not funny so...I usually get my husband to hold the inside bucket and I gently pull on the outer bucket and do this slowly until the suction lets go. Or you could try pouring very hot water into the buckets. Or I have put both into a hot bathtub when I didn't have help and that worked.

Set buckets in empty tup. Fill tub SLOWLY with hot water to bottom edge of top bucket lip, careful not to let buckets float, tip over, or to get hot water into top bucket; then fill Ice water into top bucket slowly. Principle is that the top bucket will shrink with cold water, while the bottom bucket will expand and let the top bucket slide out. Works on most anything except metal, I believe. God bless and help you.

Hopefully by now you have them apart. Next time you stack them, use a rock, newspaper, anything to get them not to stack tight. Last time I had to get them apart, I held the bottom one with my feet, sat down to watch TV, kept the pull on the top one, and in about six minutes it finally gave. Patience won out. It really took that long for tiny amounts of air to get in and break the vacuum. God bless you, as the other poster said I say too.